i guess he will be lessen gauged with foreign policy than he was in the first where we pull out of afghanistan. we're already out of iraq. i think it will be more of a domestic focus in the second term. i don't know to what extent he will be able or willing to address issues like energy climate change that he has kind of dropped the ball on in the first term. but i say drop the ball. that's a little harsh, but at the end of the day things didn't get done for reasons that go way beyond him. >> gavin: no, i get it. one thing missing in your assessment is focus on nuclear iran his close friend netanyahu and others? >> i don't think there will be a middle east deal for a while. the middle east deal is a little like ireland in the 1980s that you can't get a deal now. but what you need to do is gradually create conditions where maybe peace may be reached down the road. for that the most critical thing is you have to deal with settlements. we're not dealing with them. i think that obama feels somewhat burned when he attempted unsuccessfully to engage on that issue. i would be--i'd love to see him bec